File manager - replace files?

[rbaby]

Any time I upload a file via file manager, instead of replacing the existing file, it will append (#). Is there a setting I can get it to just replace the file of the same name, as opposed to doing this?

Thanks!

[Rolf]

I noticed this too. In latest release we updated the modules upload software. Looks like this is a "feature" of it...

[paulbaker]

Ouch, yes just checked on a 1.11.10 site, you're right.

Ideal behaviour, I suppose, would be a check for same filename and a "Do you want to overwrite file y/n" dialog.

[rbaby]

Guess there is no setting then, is this something that we can request to amend? As it stands, I can't update files I have to delete it and then re-name the filename (1).ext and that's not ideal on high-impact files such as js files.

[rbaby]

I noticed this too. In latest release we updated the modules upload software. Looks like this is a "feature" of it...

Thanks, is there any plan of making it so you can replace...? This is an issue even on images that need to get replaced.

[paulbaker]

Hoorah. This appears to have been resolved in CMSMS 2.0 which is currently in Beta test.

When you upload a file of the same name it silently overwrites the original file. This is much more intuitive behaviour.

[Guido]

Great, I also believe this is the best choice.

99 out of a 100 times it's the admin who uses the file manager, who knows what he's doing so probably won't upload a wrong file. It's annoying to delete the old file every time before you can upload a new one.

[cmsgenie]

Unfortunately this is causing a problem right now for my users on 1.11.10. We may be some way from a CMS 2 release, and so 1.11.10 is the current production version.
Is there anyway this change can be ported into an updated FileManager for 1.11.10?